The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

I think it is Aeon’s first attempt to exploit a western custom though most of shoppers there (including me) may well not know what Black Friday is.

The special offers were a combination mashrooms,

rice

and coldweather underwear…

what I would love to buy at lower prices,  such as thermal tights, (big) cotton knickers or toilet rolls, were all sold at full price. Quite naturally, people were shopping calmly. There was no excitement or a battle over a Playstation.

I wonder why we need Black Friday here.  If you look for a bargain shopping in November, we already have Seimon-barai, which is more exciting to me.  If retailers want a religion-related pretext to lure shoppers, why not a sale on the Buddha’s birthday in April or May?